General Research Information

Print Reference Collection

Use these sources at the beginning of your research to get an overview of a topic or to identify synonyms or related terms that will apply to your topic. Later, return to these sources to clarify concepts or define new vocabulary. These sources also include bibliographical references that may prove helpful. All of these sources are located in the Reference Collection.

Library of Congress Call Numbers to browse in the print reference collection or in the general collection for Anthropology:

GN.........Anthropology

This is only a partial list of the call numbers pertaining to Anthropology. For a complete listing, go to the Library of Congress Classification Outline, provided by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office of the Library of Congress.

Ref GN 11 .D48 1997
Barfield, Thomas, ed. The Dictionary of Anthropology. 1997.
Entries include issues, concepts, theories, methodologies and the major references on the topic.

Ref GN 50.3 .H57 1997
Spencer, Frank, ed. History of Physical Anthropology: an encyclopedia. 1997.
A two volume set; the Preface states that entries include "...the development of specific areas of scientific inquiry and theory...the discipline's intellectual and institutional development in specific countries...biographical sketches."

Ref GN 388 .C35 1999
Lee, Richard B. and Daly, Richard, ed. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers. 1999.
CThe Ethnologrphies section is arranged by continent in general, special topic essays on the history and social theories of hunters/gatherers, cross-cultural perspective, and how they exist in a global world.

Ref Folio GN 495.4 .E53 1993
Gonen, Amiram, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World. 1993.
Useful index; select bibliography at the end of the book.

Journals

If you want to know whether Carleton subscribes to a particular journal, or whether there is full text access, perform a TITLE search in Bridge using the exact title of the journal you're looking for. If Carleton does not own the journal, take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan Services.

For example:
Culture, medicine, and psychiatry
American anthropologist

Databases and Indexes

Databases, indexes and abstracts give you an organized entry point into periodical literature. Carleton does not own every journal title indexed in the electronic databases the library offers. Check Bridge (the library's catalog) to see if we own the journal title you are looking for. If we don't, take advantage of our Interlibrary Loan Services.

Ethnic News Watch, 1991 to date.
Index and full text of about 100 minority newspapers published in the U.S.

eHRAF Collection of Ethnography/Human Relations Area Files
Ethnographies are coded according to culture group (i.e. Ojibway) and topic (i.e. childrearing); good for cross-cultural topics; much material is pre-1950; the major part of the collection is available in the microfiche collection; newer material is online; see a reference librarian for assistance.

Ref GN 304 .I593BLPES/International Bibliography of Anthropology (formerly the International Bibliography of Social and Cultural Anthropology). 1955-1959; 1988 to date. (continues: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: Anthropology, 1960-1987.)
Extensive coverage of books and journal articles; annual; no electronic access.

MarciveWeb DOCS, 1976 to date.
Basic index to publications from U.S. government agencies, executive documents, and selective coverage of Congressional publications. Many of these titles owned by Carleton will be in Muse. See a librarian for access to additional documents.

Web of Science/SSCI - Social Science Citation Index, 1969 to date.
The Institute for Scientific Information publishes the Social Sciences Citation Index, which provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references, covering more than 1,700 of the world's leading social sciences journals in a broad range of disciplines. It also covers individually selected, relevant items from more than 3,400 of the world's leading natural and physical science journals. A powerful capability is cited reference searching, a process whereby one tracks the number of times a specific work has been cited or referenced in other works.

Reference Librarian Hours

Feel free to make an appointment directly with a reference librarian. Librarians' offices are located along west wall of the reference room on the 4th floor, and in offices 420 and 421, just west of the Rookery.

Summer, Winter, and Spring Breaks:

A reference librarian is on call during the following hours:

Monday–Friday: 10 am-noon, 1 pm-4 pm

You can page the librarian on call from the phone on the Research/IT desk, or look for the "Reference Librarian is IN" sign on the librarian's office door.